Snape's Revenge on Voldemort (His DE past)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 111225

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

> 
> Kneasy:
> Another unwarranted assumption on the part of the fans.
> I don't think Voldy does trust  Snape -  in fact I doubt he's even 
seen him since Sevvy left the DE  Glee Club and they parted 
brass rags.This 'spy' thing just doesn't hold water.
> Snape gave evidence against some DEs and this is public 
knowledge. Voldy seems a vindicative sort of cove to me.  At first 
sight Snape would be greeted with the WW equivalent of the 
Blackpool illuminations -  all of them coloured green. Sure, he's 
up to something, but spying? I don't think so - and the fact that he 
so readily confirmed Harry's guess about his activities just 
reinforces my opinion. 
> 
> No; Snape is "...the one who has left me forever."  <<

Why do people ignore the last part of Voldemort's statement. 
.."he will be killed, of course." Now, vampire theories aside, 
Snape ain't dead, ergo, Voldemort no longer believes he has left 
forever.

 If the said defector is Snape and Snape's defection is public 
knowledge (we only know that it's the knowledge of the 
unidentified number of people at Karkaroff's hearing. RL  grand 
juries are sworn to secrecy -- heaven knows what form the 
wizarding equivalent takes. Having 'sneak' tatooed in pimples on 
your forehead probably isn't the half of it.) then the last thing 
Voldemort can do is afford to leave him alive. It sets a bad 
example for the others, whose loyalty Voldemort doubts with a 
capital D.

 It's not like Voldie has sworn off killing for the duration--he 
managed to eliminate Bode. It's not like Snape is being guarded 
day and night in Grimmauld Place.  No, Snape is still alive 
because somehow  he's convinced the Dark Lord that he truly 
returned. How? That's the mystery. 

Pippin